AMD freesync coming soon, no extra costs.... shocker

Locky · 30 Jul 2014 at 10:29

Waiting for fixes to large issues since they released the product is a poor show IMO. while they do have merits, more often than not it's broken in some form.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 30 Jul 2014 at 10:32

Locky said:
Waiting for fixes to large issues since they released the product is a poor show IMO. while they do have merits, more often than not it's broken in some form.

Then sell your cards and stop whining then??

Locky · 30 Jul 2014 at 10:45

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Then sell your cards and stop whining then??

That is the answer to everything? Sell up and move on? :rolleyes:

Why didn't I think of that sooner?

I see why people stay away from this section of the forum, the die hard fan boys can't take any criticism on board.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 30 Jul 2014 at 10:51

Locky said:
Anything AMD makes will be broken, just like their drivers, mantle and soon freesync.

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
So what?? I have loads of mates who have had AMD GCN based cards and have been mostly fine under Windows. I have a GTX660 which has had some niggles(well known issues) but has mostly been fine. If there is an issue simply roll back to an earlier driver - Planetside2 started crashing repeatedly on my card with one driver version recently,so I just rolled back to an earlier one,until the problem was solved. Metro:Last Light was known for corruption issues at launch. SR3 and SR4 had problems with some Nvidia driver versions(replicated by other mates with Kepler based cards too). These are all documented.

Looking over the dozens of AMD/ATI and Nvidia cards I have owned and that of mates over the last decade,there have been very few issues per se,and if they are very few have been longterm game breaking ones. However,both do have documented problems.

Locky said:
That is the answer to everything? Sell up and move on?

Why didn't I think of that sooner?

I see why people stay away from this section of the forum, the die hard fan boys can't take any criticism on board.

I have a GTX660 and I am a fanboi now!! :eek:

People like Phixsator and me use Nvidia cards ATM,so when your generalised comments are countered by people you start emo-raging at them.

ROFL,that makes you a fanboi too using your twisted logic,and if anything its people like you with your generalised comments which are the problem in this subform,and honestly if the cards are causing so much problems,stop whinging so much and sell them and get some Nvidia cards.

Considering Maxwell is out soon,a pair of GTX870s probably would be faster than what you have now.

Done.

Locky · 30 Jul 2014 at 10:55

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
I have a GTX660 and I am a fanboi now!!

People like Phixsator and me use Nvidia cards ATM,so when your generalised comments are countered by people you start emo-raging at them.

ROFL,makes you a fanboi too,and honestly if the cards are causing so much problems,stop whinging so much and sell them and get some Nvidia cards.

Considering Maxwell is out soo,a pair of GTX870s probably would be faster than what you have now.

Done.

I think Maxwell will be my next stop. I'm sorry I won't post my concerns and views on my GPU's in the future - I might offend.

Generalized comments? Don't me me laugh.

triss · 30 Jul 2014 at 10:59

Locky said:
I think Maxwell will be my next stop. I'm sorry I won't post my concerns and views on my GPU's in the future - I might offend.

Generalized comments? Don't me me laugh.

While i dont agree Everything AMD does is broken,i personally think they make some great stuff,, You are as entitled to post your opinion as anyone,, and i look forward to hearing about your maxwell cards if you go that way

LtMatt · 30 Jul 2014 at 11:01

I might be able to change your opinion slightly Locky, have faith.

Locky · 30 Jul 2014 at 11:05

triss said:
While i dont agree Everything AMD does is broken,i personally think they make some great stuff,, You are as entitled to post your opinion as anyone,, and i look forward to hearing about your maxwell cards if you go that way

They make excellent hardware and now and then some epic drivers. But there is a lot (maybe too much) broken things in the mix - which either takes too much time to fix or never gets fixed (like the zero core feature) it took 6 months+ for this to work as it was intended.

Locky · 30 Jul 2014 at 11:05

LtMatt said:
I might be able to change your opinion slightly Locky, have faith.

I hope so

Tute · 30 Jul 2014 at 11:07

To be fair Locky, I felt the same about NVidia with my GTX760, my 8800GT, even an old GF2 I had.

humbug · 30 Jul 2014 at 11:12

Why does every single thread have to end in Brand bashing?

LtMatt said:
All the available information about FreeSync, in one bite size chunk.

Because Project FreeSync obviates the need for v-sync, gamers especially sensitive to input latency — a delay between mouse movement and cursor movement — will also see a distinct increase in responsiveness.

Finally, disabling v-sync would typically introduce nasty horizontal tearing, but Project FreeSync also eliminates tearing as a rule. Project FreeSync is a "best of all worlds" solution from the perspective of smoothness, image quality and responsiveness.
How does Project FreeSync utilize DisplayPort™ Adaptive-Sync to determine the period of time a frame is displayed to the user?
An AMD Radeon™ graphics card compatible with Project FreeSync uses the DisplayPort™ Adaptive-Sync specification to automatically determine the minimum and maximum refresh rates supported by a dynamic refresh-ready system. Using this approach, no communication must occur to negotiate the time a current frame remains on-screen, or to determine that is safe to send a new frame to the monitor.
By eliminating the need for ongoing communication with pre-negotiated screen update rates, Project FreeSync can execute highly dynamic changes in frame presentation intervals without incurring communications overhead or latency penalties.

Click to expand...

Source
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/freesync-faq.aspx

Good info. thanks Matt

nitram100 · 30 Jul 2014 at 11:36

WTB DisplayPort 1.2a monitor.

~Mike~ · 14 Aug 2014 at 23:24

Richard Huddy Discusses FreeSync Availability Timeframes

At SIGGRAPH, Richard Huddy of AMD announced the release windows of FreeSync, their adaptive refresh rate technology, to The Tech Report. Compatible monitors will begin sampling "as early as" September. Actual products are expected to ship to consumers in early 2015. Apparently, more than one display vendor is working on support, although names and vendor-specific release windows are unannounced.

As for cost of implementation, Richard Huddy believes that the added cost should be no more than $10-20 USD (to the manufacturer). Of course, the final price to end-users cannot be derived from this - that depends on how quickly the display vendor expects to sell product, profit margins, their willingness to push new technology, competition, and so forth.

If you want to take full advantage of FreeSync, you will need a compatible GPU (look for "gaming" support in AMD's official FreeSync compatibility list). All future AMD GPUs are expected to support the technology.

http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Richard-Huddy-Discusses-FreeSync-Availability-Timeframes

shankly1985 · 15 Aug 2014 at 00:06

Nice early next year, I can wait till then.

triss · 15 Aug 2014 at 00:55

Thanks mike

not long to wait now

~Mike~ · 15 Aug 2014 at 08:02

shankly1985 said:
Nice early next year, I can wait till then.

It's only 6 months

At least the samples are coming soon, see how good or bad this will be.

whyscotty · 15 Aug 2014 at 08:04

~Mike~ said:
It's only 6 months

At least the samples are coming soon, see how good or bad this will be.

The sooner these are released the better

Marine-RX179 · 15 Aug 2014 at 08:22

Come on!! 21:9 whatever-sync monitor!!!!

LtMatt · 15 Aug 2014 at 08:45

4K please, anything else can do one.

Martini1991 · 15 Aug 2014 at 09:18

LtMatt said:
4K please, anything else can do one.

16:9 4K's dead to me. It's all about the 21:9.